Straight beam adjustable jaw type vise



May 9, 1950 R. WAGNER STRAIGHT BEAM ADJUSTABLE JAW TYPE VISE 3 SheetsSheet 1 Filed March 31, 1947 Richard Wagner May 9, 1950 R. WAGNERSTRAIGHT BEAM ADJUSTABLE JAW TYPE VISE 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 511947 Q w m w o 3 8 2 0 l m I R20 L\ 2 6 0 m u LP M .r x 1 MW m 0 2 I 0 91 W 8 I 4 6 2 p m z E I H t 1 '2 RV W I 9.

Inventor Richard Wagner May 9, 1950 R. WAGNER STRAIGHT BEAM ADJUSTABLEJAW TYPE VISE 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed March 51, 1947 Inventor RichardWagner and ' Attorney;

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Patented May 9, 1950 STRAIGHT BEAM ADISTABLE JAW TYPE Richard Wagner,Flint, Mich.

Application March 31, 1947, Serial No. 738,331

3 Claims.

This invention comprises novel and useful improvements in a vise andmore specifically pertaining to a combined vise and jig for securelyholding and supporting in a variety of positions, various articles formachining or other work thereon.

The principal purposes of this invention reside in providing a visehaving successively operable adjusting means for quickly positioning themovable vise jaw at a selected one of a plurality of adjustablepositions and subsequently providing a clamping action of the jaws upona piece of work.

An additional purpose of the invention is in providing a device havingan improved construction of movable and fixed jaws to thereby improvethe security of the gripping action, the easy manipulation, and the lifeof the instrument.

Yet another important object of the invention consists of providing adevice which shall be particularly adapted for use as a jig in massproduction methods of machining articles, wherein a wide variety ofshapes of articles may be securely gripped thereby and held inpredetermined positions for performing machine operations thereon;wherein a variety of attachments may be readily applied to the vise foraugmenting its usefulness; and wherein an instrument I is provided forquickly securing the article in the desired position therein formachining or servicing of the same.

Another important purpose of the invention consists in providing animproved adjusting means for the vise jaws, which shall facilitate anadjustment thereof; wherein the vise may be released from its lockedposition by manipulation of one of the adjusting means only; and whereina highly improved means is provided for selectively efiecting anapproximate adjustment of the device and a final adjustment thereof forgripping and positioning an article therein.

These, together with various ancillary objects of the invention whichwill later become apparent as the following description proceeds, areattained by this device, a preferred embodiment of which has beenillustrated, by way of example in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the improved vise in accordancewith this invention, certain attachments being shown applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the arrangement of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional.

view taken substantially upon the broken section line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantiallyupon the section line 1-4 of Figure 2 and particularly illustrating thelatch construction of the device;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a pipe holding jaw attachment for thedevice;

Figure 6 is a transverse vertical sectional view taken substantiallyfrom the section line 6-6 of Figure 3 and illustrating particularly themovable jaw of the device;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the fixed jaw of the device;

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the movable jaw of the device;

Figure 9 is a transverse vertical sectional View taken substantiallyfrom the section line 9-9 of Figure 3; and

Figure 10 is a perspective view of a supplemental guiding means for themovablejaw.

Referring now more specifically to the annexed drawings, wherein likenumerals indicate similar parts throughout the various views, it will beapparent that the device consists of a pair of guide rods Ill which arepreferably of cylindrical shape, and which as shown in Figure 3 areprovided with a reduced extremity ii at one end thereof. The pair ofguide rods iii are disposed in parallel relation and have their re ducedextremities received in parallel bores 54 in the fixed jaw member 9 5.

The fixed jaw member it is of generally rectangular shape and isprovided with a laterally extending bore l8 which is disposed transverseto and intersects the bores l4, and also registers with semi-cylindricalgrooves 25 formed upon the upper surface of the reduced portion l2 ofthe guide rods ii). A key or locking pin 22 preferably formed as a rodor cylindrical peg, is tightly received in frictional engagement in thetransverse bore 98, and extends through the above mentioned parallelbores i l and is seated in the semi-cylindrical grooves Bil, to therebyretain the guide rods til in rigid and non-rotatable position in thefixed jaw l6.

Upon its inner face, that is the face on the side toward the guide rodsit, the fixed jaw is provided with a shoulder seat 2 which may beemployed to detachably seat and receive a variety of vise jawattachments, or jig fixtures as desired, such for example as a pair ofreplaceable jaw members 26 and 23, which, as

shown in Figure 3, are detachably retained upon the fixed jaw by adetachable fastening means such as a bolt 30 extending through the jawin a suitable bore, and having its head countersunk in a recess 32 atthe outer surface of the aw.

The rear face of the fixed jaw I6 is beveled transversely of its uppersurface as at 34 and is provided with threaded bores therein as at 36,whereby a correspondingly shaped attachment 38 may be secured thereto asby a detachable fastening bolt 49, countersunk therein as indicated atFigure 3.

It is to be distinctly understood that various attachments andaccessories may be secured to the fixed jaw H in order to assist thepositioning and supporting work in the vise, to provide stops, guides,templates or gages to assist in performing the machine operations uponarticles secured in the device, as may be found expedient.

As shown thus in Figures 2, 4, 3 and 9, the parallel guide rods If] areprovided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced notches 42 atselected intervals thereon. These notches are arranged in pairs,oppositely disposed upon adjacent surfaces of the parallel rod l0. Thesenotches provide predetermined positions of adjustment for the movablejaw upon the guide rods I0. The movable jaw, as shown in Figure 8,consists of a generally rectangular block 44 provided with parallelbores 46 slidingly receiving the guide rods 10, and further providedupon its upper portion of its inner space with a shoulder seat 48similar in construction and. purpose to the corresponding seat 24 of thefixed jaw i 6. A variety of detachable vise accessories, selectivelyforming jaws, article holding attachments of specific shapes anddesigns, jigs or the like, and indicated generally as cooperatingmembers 50 and 52 in Figure 3, are detachably seated in the shoulderportion 48, and retained therein as by fastening bolts 54 extendingthrough suitable bores 58 in the movable jaw. As best shown in Figures 3and 6, the movable jaw 44 is provided upon its rear face, that is thesurface on the opposite side of the jaw from the fixed jaw, with acylindrical guide bore 60 which is parallel to and substantiallyintermediately spaced relative to the guide rods Ill and bores 56.

As so far described, it will thus be seen that the jaw 44 is adapted tofreely slide upon the guide rods it] towards and from the fixed jaw IS,in order to position, engage and clamp articles therebetween in a mannerto be now set forth.

As shown best in Figures 3 and 9, a generally rectangular movableabutment box 52 is adapted for free sliding movement upon the parallelguide rods ID by means of the guide bores 64. As shown best in Figure 3,the movable abutment 62 is provided with a guiding end or cylinder 66suitably secured in a socket or bore therein, and extending forwardlythereof for engagement with the guide bore 60 of the movable jaw 44. Itwill thus be seen that the movable jaw 44 and the movable abutment 62are guided by the sliding engagement on the parallel guide rods l0 andalso by the sliding guide pin and bore 66 and 60 carried by thesemovable members.

As will be clearly seen by reference to Figures 3, 4, and 9, the movableabutment is provided intermediate its sides with an upwardly extendingboss or extension which is provided with a threaded bore adjustablyreceiving the bolt 68 having a knurled adjusting head. The end of thisbolt is adapted to engage the adjacent surface of the movable jaw toclamp or adjust the latter relative to the movable abutment 62. It willbe noted that during the manipulation of the adjusting screw 68, theguide pin 66 exerts a compensating effect upon the movable jaw,preventing the same from being cocked upon the guide rods IIJ, therebycontributing to the ease of adjustment.

In order to make a quick, approximate adjustment of the movable abutmentand of the movable jaw, a latching means is provided which is moreclearly shown in Figures 2, 3 and 4. A generally triangular latch plate12 is provided having a T-shaped upper extremity 13 whose laterallyextending arms constitute finger grip portions for manipulating thelatch plate. Vertically elongated slots 16 and 14 are provided in theT-shaped portion and in the lower portion of the latching plate 12, forrespectively receiving the adjusting screw 68 and retaining screw 18having a cover for retaining the latching plate to the outer plate ofthe movable abutment, this screw being shown as engaging the outerextremity of the fixed guide end 66.

The retaining bolt 18 is preferably adjusted with sufficient tightnessto snugly and firmly retain the latching plate 72 upon the outside faceof the movable abutment 62, but to allow vertical adjusting movement ofthe latch plate upon the abutment in a manner to be now set forth. Theouter surface of the movable abutment is provided with a socket orrecess receiving a coil spring 82 for exerting a constant tensionoutwardly against the latch plate, whereby to bias the latter intofrictional engagement with the fastening bolt 18, whereby the latchplate will be yieldingly held in the vertically adjusted position intowhich it is manually placed.

The outer edges of the triangular shaped latch plate are appropriatelyinclined, as at 84, to fit the correspondingly shaped notches 42 forremovable latching engagement therewith.

It may thus be seen that when the latching plate '52 is elevated bymeans of the finger grip 13, which upward movement is permitted by meansof the elongated slots 1% and 76 sliding over the shank of the bolts 62and '58, the latching edges 84 are withdrawn from the latching slots 42,whereby the movable abutment 82 may be freely moved longitudinally ofthe guiding rods l9. At the same time, the movable jaw 4 2 is likewisefree to move except as limited by engagement with the adjusting screw68. Obviously, the movable abutment and movable jaw may be readily movedmanually into the approximate positions of adjustment desired, whereuponthe latching means may be reengaged with the appropriate latching notch42. By this means a quick approximate adjustment of the movable jaw maybe effected. When this approximate adjustment has been attained, theadjusting screw 68 is manipulated to apply pressure to the movable jaw,for adjusting and locking the same, the movable abutment 62 being nowsecured in a predetermined position by engagement of the latch with thenotches 42. Obviously, by merely withdrawing the latch 72, the abutmentand jaw may be quickly released from the article which they areengaging.

A tight holding attachment is associated with the guide rods andcomprises a generally rectangular block 86 whose forward face isprovided with a generally V-shaped recess 88 and at the end thereof, ofthe apex of the V-shaped recess a channel or further cut away as at 90.Obviously, one or a pair of these jaw inserts may be freely placed andrest upon the longitudinally extending guide rods I0, in a transverseposition, and they have their rear surface abuting with the adjacentsurface of the jaws.

It is further contemplated that the utility of this instrument may beaugmented by the addition of any desired accessories for adapting thedevice for use as a jig or the like. For example, as shown in Figures 1and 3, one or more guide members 92 may be adjustably secured upon thefixed jaw I6 by means of spacing collars 94, and retaining bolts 96.Preferably, the members 92 are provided with elongated longitudinallyextending slots 98, whereby the members may be adjusted in any desiredposition upon the fixed jaw, and these members may support at theirextremities as by means of cylindrical bores I00, any one of a graduatedseries of drill guide bushings I02, the cylindric bushing being retainedas by a fastening pin I04. Obviously, as articles are held in the vise,the proper adjustment of member 92, and the proper choosing of thebushing I02, will permit the guiding of a drill or like tool inpredetermined position upon the article so held.

A supporting bar or arm I06, principally longitudinally slotted as atI08 is adjustably retained upon the movable jaw as by a fastening boltIIO engageable in a threaded bore II2. Adjustably secured upon theangulated or upstanding end of the supporting arm I06, is a bar II Ihaving an elongated adjusting strap I I6 by which the bar is raised andretained upon the supporting arm by a fastening bolt II8.

At its inner end, the arm III is provided with a laterally extendingprojection I20 constituting a stop for positioning work laterally of thejaws.

Obviously, by means of the foregoing attachment a great variety ofarticles may be suitably positioned in any desired manner between thejaws for the operation thereon and may be quickly released when theoperation is finished.

From the foregoing, it will be readily perceived that there has beendescribed a device which is capable of attaining the various objects setforth and many others of great practical importance, and since numerousother modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art,after consideration of the attached specification and drawings, it isnot intended to limit the invention to the exact construction shown anddescribed, since all suitable modifications and equivalents may beresorted to falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. A vise comprising a plurality of spaced guide members, a fixed jawdetachably secured to said guide members, a movable jaw having openingsslidably receiving said guide members, an abutment having openingsslidably receiving said guide members, said guide members having inneropposed surfaces, a plurality of longitudinally spaced notches providedin the inner opposed surfaces of said guide members, an adjusting boltcarried by said abutment and bearing against said movable jaw forspacing the latter relative to the former, a latch plate having twospaced and vertically extending slots, said adjusting bolt extendingthrough one of said slots, 9, headed fastening bolt extending throughthe other of said slots and retaining said plate against said abutment,means exerting a constant tension outwardly against the latch plate forbiasing the latter into frictional engagement with the head of saidfastening bolt whereby the latch plate will be yieldingly held in anadjusted position into which it is manually placed, said latch platehaving inclined edges received in selected of said notches, andinterconnecting means between said abutment and said movable jawpreventing the inner walls of the openings in said movable jaw frombinding against the guide members.

2. The combination of claim 1 and shoulder seats provided on said jaws,a pair of jaw members associated with each of said jaws and positionedon said seats, and means removably securing said jaw members to saidjaws.

3. In combination with a vise including a pair of guide rods and a fixedmember and a movable member mounted thereon, a movable abutment slidableon said guides and engaging said movable member for limiting movementthereof, spaced notches in said guide rods, and a triangular latch plateincluding finger engaging portions secured to said abutment and receivedin said notches for limiting movement of said abutment, said abutmentand said movable member including complementary bores, a pin extendingthrough said bores and retained in position for axial movement by saidabutment, said plate having two spaced and vertically extending slots,an adjusting bolt extending through one of said slots, said abutmenthaving a threaded opening receiving said adjusting bolt and saidadjusting bolt extending through said abutment and bearing against saidmovable member, a headed fastening bolt extending through the other ofsaid slots and retaining the plate against the abutment, and a springyieldingly urging said latch plate into frictional engagement with saidfastening bolt.

RICHARD WAGNER.

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